"This new study of the Old Testament canon by Roger Beckwith is on a scale to match H. E. Ryle's classic work, which was first published in 1892. But Beckwith has the advantage of writing after the Qumran (and other) discoveries; and he has also made full use of all the available sources, including biblical manuscripts and rabbinical and patristic literature, taking into account the seldom studied Syriac material as well as the Greek and ..."
Calendar, Chronology And Worship Studies in Ancient Judaism And Early Christianity (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity/Arbeiten Zur Geschichte Des Antiken Judentums Und Des Urchristentums) by Roger T. Beckwith Hardcover, 262 Pages, Published 2005 by Brill Academic Pub ISBN-13: 978-90-04-14603-7, ISBN: 90-04-14603-2
"This book takes as its theme the related issues of calendar, chronology and worship, as they were conceived and practised in ancient Jewish and early Christian times. After a general discussion of the way the three issues are related, there follow six chapters on the calendar, first the standard Jewish calendar, then the Qumran calendar (giving particular attention to the Book of Enoch and the Temple Scroll) and finally the Christian ca ..."
Calendar and Chronology, Jewish and Christian Biblical, Intertestamental and Patristic Studies (Arbeiten Zur Geschichte Des Antiken Judentums Und Des Urchristentums, Bd. 33) by Roger T. Beckwith Hardcover, 333 Pages, Published 1996 by Brill ISBN-13: 978-90-04-10586-7, ISBN: 90-04-10586-7
"Judaism and Christianity are both religions of history and remembrance and rely on calendars and accurate chronologies to recall and reenact the signal events in their histories. The import of dividing the day and night, of knowing the moment of Sabbath and Lord's Day, of properly timing Passover and Easter cannot be overstated. Throughout the history of both religions, these issues were central to worship and practice of religion and h ..."
"This is a wide-ranging book, dealing with many topics of current interest in relation to the Dead Sea Scrolls, early Jewish and Christian Worship and their links, the religious Calendar, ancient Chronology, the Old Testament Psalter and New ..."